Example sentences of "have refrained from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 2 | With very few exceptions they have refrained from ostentation : indeed their Nonconformist distaste for personal extravagance , reinforced by infusions of Scottish blood , has sometimes prompted small economies which , in the light of their extraordinary benevolence to good causes , have been accepted as amusingly careful instead of absurdly mean . |
| 3 | Some information on survivors is very sketchy , and in order to maintain some form of balance in the listing , we have refrained from giving serial numbers , registrations ( in the few places where they apply ) or similar . |
| 4 | The respondent is entitled to argue that section 18 should be construed in a way favourable to him and for that reason I have refrained from pronouncing on that matter . |
| 5 | For too long now we have refrained from openly exercising our power and that restraint has been taken for weakness by our enemies . |
| 6 | While the courts have refrained from explicit substitution of judgment ( option one ) , the line between this mode of control and the second can be perilously thin . |
| 7 | But , citing commercial interest , IBM have refrained from making this public . |